Tech Billionaires Rally around Nuclear
Billionaires are rallying around nuclear, according to a recent report from Pitchbook on venture investments in 2021. Notably, some of these billionaires, Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen, have spoken out
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Clean Firm Power is the Key to California’s Carbon-Free Energy Future
California faces a very tough choice. Politicians and many environmental advocates would like to solve the need to eliminate emissions by building renewables as much as possible, and allowing natural
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Investments in nuclear energy could help solve the economic and climate crises
Biden can solve multiple problems facing the U.S. by investing in clean energy climate solutions, according to Todd Allen and Suzy Hobbs Baker—and he appears on track to do so.
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Boris Johnson’s green plan puts advanced nuclear in top three
Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, penned an oped in the Financial Times calling for a 12 billion-pount, 10-point plan to effect Britain’s green recovery. Johnson wants to create 250,000
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DOE announces funding for three advanced reactor builds
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two teams—one led by TerraPower in partnership with GE Hitachi, building a 345 MWe sodium fast reactor with a molten salt energy
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DNC draft climate platform includes nuclear power
A draft of the Democratic Party’s policy platform backs aggressive climate change proposals to reach net-zero emissions as quickly as possible using a technology-neutral approach that values “existing and advanced
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Microsoft will be carbon negative by 2030
Microsoft has grabbed the corporate high ground with a commitment to be carbon negative by 2030. The senior executives have studied the issue and write: “If we don’t curb emissions
Nuclear power has a big role to play in the energy transition
Nuclear plants today provide 10% of the world’s electricity, all of it carbon-free – that’s almost twice the combined contribution of solar and wind. To meet the key energy goals
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Southern Company and TerraPower Prep for Testing on Molten Salt Reactor
Southern Company, a leading utility, is partnering with Bill Gate’s TerraPower to develop a molten chloride fast reactor (MCFR) that uses liquid salts as both a coolant and fuel. Working
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Earthshot Prize
The Earthshot Prize is an ambitious and prestigious effort organized by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to incentivize change and help repair our planet over the next ten years.